It's A Brand New Day

Recommended Happy Tip of the Day: get yourself one of those fancy hardcover journals that looks so pretty on the shelf, and then instead of being paralyzed by the responsibility of keeping an actual journal, use it to list things you're looking forward to.

They can be as big ("vacation!") or as small ("eating pizza for dinner tonight") as you want, but I am finding it to be a very helpful way of staying optimistic, as well as a wonderful use for all those blank books in thrift shops. It's also just super fun -- not only to come up ideas in the first place, but when you're able to look back at the log later.